Tell me about the person who awarded the title

As we all know, in 1955, our army gave titles to all military cadres for the first time, which was known as the "May 5th title" in history. Among them, more than 600,000 cadres in the whole army have obtained the rank of warrant officer or above. In which: 10 bailiff; General10; 57 generals (including 1956 and 1958 supplementary funds); Lieutenant General 177 (including 1956 and 1958 supplementary appropriations); 806 major generals (including 1956 and 1958 supplementary funds).

Among them, generals from the Red Army account for the majority. For example, before the Long March, the Red Army Corps had three divisions, and the division commander and political commissar had six chief officers, all of whom were generals except Chen Guang.

Comparatively speaking, the rank of generals from the Red Fourth Army is generally not particularly high. Of the 57 generals, only 8 were from the former Red Fourth Army (excluding the Red 25th Army).

So, which generals from the Red Fourth Army have low ranks?

First of all, let me talk about Cheng, the former commander of the Red 30 Army and the first deputy commander of the Public Security Army.

Cheng is from Dawu County, Hubei Province. /kloc-joined the red army at the age of 0/8. Two years later, he died heroically and became the political commissar of the 33rd Regiment of the 11th Division of Gongsi Army. After the Red Fourth Army entered Sichuan, the northern Sichuan warlord Tian sent an army to surround the Red Army. Cheng led the Red 33 Regiment to open up a forest passage, and fell from the sky in the early morning, killing three regiments of the Sichuan Army in one fell swoop, making the Red 33 Regiment win the honorary banner of "attacking like a tiger regiment". During the Long March, he was appointed as the acting commander of the Red 30 Army.

1936, 10 At the end of the year, the Red 5, Red 9 and Red 30 armies of the Yellow River in Xi Du were ordered to form the marked army. Due to various reasons, the marked army suffered heavy losses. Cheng led the left detachment to Qilian Mountain, which lasted for 43 days and reached the gorge smoothly.

1May, 938, Cheng was appointed as the staff of Jire Chating. During Xiao Ke's absence, he presided over military affairs, which shattered the large-scale sweeping of Japanese base areas. Later, he personally led the backbone of the old Red Army to sneak into Zhangjiakou area and established Pingbei base area, which became an important force in the war of resistance inside and outside the Great Wall. After the withdrawal, he was transferred to the military minister of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. During the war of liberation, after being transferred to the northeast and Siping fell, Cheng firmly supported the correct proposition of political commissar Chen at the meeting to discuss whether to adhere to Nanman, and then directed the attack on the four guarantees on the river. Later, he served as commander of Anton Military Region and commander of Liaoxi Military Region.

After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Cheng served as the first deputy commander of the public security army, presided over the actual work of the public security army, and 1952 was designated as the deputy corps level. Cheng served as the commander of the local military region for a long time during the War of Liberation, with poor military achievements. Therefore, although his qualifications and historical qualifications met the requirements of the general, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.

Let's talk about the former chief of staff of the Red Fourth Army, Ni Zhiliang.

Ni Zhiliang, the fourth graduate of Huangpu, is the only Beijinger among the founding generals. Participated in the Guangzhou Uprising. Later, I went to work in the base area in northeastern Hubei. He has served as guerrilla captain, head of the Third Regiment of the Red First Division, commander of the Eleventh Division of the Red Fourth Army and commander of the Fourth Army. After the Red Fourth Front Army arrived in Sichuan and Shaanxi, he became the chief of staff of the army and one of the leaders of the Red Fourth Front Army. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, he served as Chief of Staff of the Eighth Route Army129th Division, Commander of Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, Commander of Guerrilla Column in Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region and Deputy Director of the Fourth Military Commission. During the war of liberation, he was transferred to the northeast, and served as commander of Liaobei Military Region, Nenjiang Military Region and Nennan Military Region, and deputy commander of Ximan Military Region. On the eve of Liaoshen Campaign, he left the local military region and was ordered to establish Northeast Military and Political University, serving as the executive vice president in charge of daily work.

After the four fields entered the customs, Ni Zhiliang went south with the troops and served as vice president of Central South Military and Political University and deputy commander of Wuhan police. It didn't take long for the superiors to select ambassadors from the corps-level cadres. Ni Zhiliang, the only military cadre among the first batch of general ambassadors, was sent to war-torn North Korea as the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary.

During this period, Ni Zhiliang was most famous for predicting that the US military would land in Incheon when reporting the progress of the war to his superiors, which was almost two months before the Incheon landing.

After the volunteers entered the DPRK, Ni Zhiliang undertook military liaison work and was awarded the first-class national flag medal. 1952 was transferred back to China in February and served as the deputy director of education of Logistics College. 1955 was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.

Although Ni Zhiliang held a high position in the Red Fourth Front Army, he rarely directed operations directly after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. 1940 transferred from the front line of the Anti-Japanese War to Yan 'an to be responsible for the work of the Military Commission and military education. During the War of Liberation, he also served as commander of local military region and vice president of Northeast Military and Political University. The main reason is that Ni Zhiliang suffers from severe emphysema. During the Anti-Japanese War, most troops fought guerrilla warfare in mountainous areas, and Ni Zhiliang was not suitable. After being transferred to the northeast, due to the cold weather, his illness often broke out and he was not competent for military command. Therefore, the meritorious military service is even worse. 1955 only awarded the rank of lieutenant general.

The third one is about Zhan.

Zhan, a native of Huang 'an, Hubei Province, did well in the Jute Uprising. The death squads composed of more than 30 people conquered the south gate of Huang An, took the lead in entering the county government of Huang An, and captured the county magistrate alive. 193 1 year1month-65438+February, the Red Fourth Front Army launched four campaigns, and Zhan led the 30 th regiment of the Red 10 Division to annihilate nearly 2000 people, and the whole army won. 1932, Zhan Caifang took on the task of besieging the remnants of the enemy in the battle of Sujiabao, and commanded a regiment to besiege Sujiabao for 43 days, which created conditions for large troops to come to the rescue. After the Red Fourth Front Army arrived in Sichuan and Shaanxi, it expanded greatly. Zhan was promoted to the political commissar and military political commissar of the 12 division of the Red Fourth Army. He took part in the Yi 'nan Campaign, the Campaign and the Xuanda Campaign together with Commander He Wei and Deputy Commander Xu, killing 20,000 people.

After the Red Fourth Army arrived in northern Shaanxi, Zhan entered the Red Army University to study. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he went to Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei to set up an anti-sophomore branch. Later, he served as deputy commander of the third division of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei. 1944 served as deputy commander of Ji-re-Liao Military Region. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, almost all the troops of the Jidong Military Region went to the northeast, and Zhan stayed in the Jidong base area as the commander of the Jidong Military Region. He actively organized local armed forces, expanded troops, persisted in struggle, and carried out sabotage along Jincheng Railway, effectively delaying the occupation of Northeast China by Kuomintang troops.

1947, Zhan led his troops to Jehol. On a winter night, his troops were reorganized into nine columns. In the autumn offensive, he fought the famous battle of Yangjiazhangzi with Huang, commander of the Eighth Column. Two columns upgraded by local armed forces annihilated the 49th Army of the National Army, and the commander fled alone.

During the Liao-Shen campaign, the former headquarters asked the Eighth Battalion to undertake the task of hitting the airport. As a result, the eighth platoon failed to complete the task within the specified time. Therefore, Dongye asked Jiu Zong, who had just finished the battles of Suizhong and Xingcheng, to undertake it. Zhan commanded General Manager 9 to attack decisively when the enemy plane landed, destroying 9 reinforcement transport planes and completely destroying Jinxi Airport. After that, the Dongye Army attacked the city, and General Jiu took the lead in attacking Jinzhou headquarters, capturing Fan and Lu Junquan alive and annihilating more than 20,000 Kuomintang troops. Regardless of fatigue, they marched 1 1 day, and arrived in Yingkou before the withdrawal of the 52nd Army, annihilating the 52nd Army of the Kuomintang 18000 people.

After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he served as deputy commander of Hunan Military Region and commander of public security forces of Central South Military Region. 1952 was designated as a quasi-military rank, and 1955 was awarded the rank of lieutenant general. And his two guards in the period of Red 30 Regiment-Chen Xilian and Wang Jinshan, one is a general and the other is a lieutenant general. Why?

There are two reasons. One is that during the Anti-Japanese War, Zhan spent most of his time as the deputy commander of Consofu Branch and Military Division, lacking unique experience. Second, despite his outstanding performance during the war of liberation, he was not particularly prominent in the four fields of warriors, and he failed to serve as a corps-level cadre for 49 years. If Zhan Caifang can stay in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei during the War of Liberation, he will probably become the commander or political commissar of the 19th and 20th Corps in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area where military cadres are relatively scarce, then he will have a chance to obtain the rank of general.